The beautiful thing about life is that we continually change and grow. Learning to be a better version of yourself involves accepting that you couldn’t do better until you knew better, as we’re constantly under
Love is the absence of fear. Two sides of the same coin called life. One exists in awareness, the other is ignorance. One is heaven, one is hell. Depending on which state we’re in, that’s
"YOU HAVE A HEART OF GOLD” - WE’RE SHARING THE LOVE THIS VALENTINE'S DAY BY INVITING YOU TO JOIN US IN “PAYING IT FORWARD". Go to our Facebook Page and join our Valentine's Competition! You
The first day of 2020. Happy new year to you all. A new year with new possibilities. Bring it on! We wouldn’t be who we are today had we not experienced what we have in
A personal message to our service users from all of the therapists at Alethea: Our initial journey of personal awareness and growth isn’t always one we’ve planned. It tends to find us rather than the
"A frozen patch of cardboard on the streets is no place to call home." Support us on our Alethea Christmas Fundraiser for MQI this Christmas! Buy a loved one a gift of a Christmas
It’s good to talk! Counselling and Psychotherapy is a journey towards a deeper sense of self. So, why choose counselling and psychotherapy? Counselling and psychotherapy is all about awareness! When we understand why and how
Norah Finn from Alethea is a practicing IACP Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor. Supervision creates a learning environment that supports this reflective practice. Finding the right supervisor for you is vital to your therapeutic practice. What
Good manners is not about using the correct knife and fork to put food into your mouth. Good manners is about paying attention to what others may need to digest as a result of the
Trauma is passed down through generations, and so is healing. Never forget that. What you do today, positive or negative, will have a ripple effect on all around us and on the generations that follow
WALK & TALK Starts Monday November 18th 7.30- 9pm - €120 for 8 weeks. Places are limited so please book early to secure your place. Walk & Talk is a structured 8 week program focusing
Our focus through the years has mostly been on substance addiction. Unless treated, it’s a painful and deadly addiction that in most cases results in untimely death. Addiction is more complicated than just substance addiction.
Yes. Talk therapy is a healthy choice that you can make. Overthinking lies behind every anxiety. The first step to healing it is recognizing that you do it. It doesn’t have to be that way.
At 10.30 on Halloween morning, the team of therapists along with friends of Alethea will do a sponsored walk in “Witch Fancy Dress” from our services in Bluebell D 12 into Merchants Quay Ireland. The
We all need to feel we have purpose and value. If you know someone who is depressed, will you go that extra mile? Don’t wait for them to reach out, they probably won’t. They’re already
Meditation works, on every level. Let no one tell you there’s only one way to meditate, there are many meditation techniques and practices. It's like anything: we need to understand how and why it works
What if we just spent today practicing this? The world is full of advisers. Full of people telling us what to do instead of walking with us and supporting us in an empowering way. It
I admire anyone who puts hard work in. “Go hard or go home”, a male client said this to me today. I was struck my this. I’d never heard this expression before, and I love
What we experience in this world is a mirror of our own perceptions. There is no truth in any situation, just perception. When we expand our knowledge of a person/situation, we may change our perceptions.
It's Time For A New Psychology. Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung had different approaches to psychology, but both are considered to be the founders of the modern psychoanalytic movement. Jung ultimately formed his own influential
